Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Locke Lost

With the return of Lost tonight I thought you might like a taste of philosopher John Locke's (1632-1704) work. In "An Essay concerning Human Understanding", according to Masterpieces of world philosophy, Locke reasoned that: "At birth the mind is a blank tablet; no one is born with innate ideas.... All simple, uncompounded ideas come from experience; and the mind, by combining simple ideas, forms new complex ideas". Clear anything up for you? This book is a nice source when you just want the basics from a philosopher and don't want to read all their essays/books/grocery lists etc.. Although it means you may miss out on some simple ideas with which to form complex ideas. I watch Lost. I'm chockful of complex ideas.
Source: Masterpieces of world philosophy

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